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...to silence, in the name of Free Speech.

Very interesting story (via your video link) and what an excellent public affairs show. I really appreciated the patience of the moderator and the generous time alloted to the participants.

I can hope, perhaps in vain, that this broadcast itself is an example of the health of free speech in Canada.

No surrogates, no commercials, no dumbed down ten second sound bites. This puts the Sunday yak shows to shame.

free if it agrees with the left wing view of the world. Let's see if I can get the proper phrasing... Hmmmm. How about this: Please, please, PLEASE don't say anything that might offend someone even if what you say is true or factual and please keep your opinions to yourself (unless, of course, they agree with ours)!
That pretty much sums it up for me!! AAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH!

The same people who would make it impossible to speak out against jihads would be the first ones to get their tongues cut out BY the jihads. Unless the jihads still needed them for "useful idiot" duty, that is.

Thank God for the First Amendment....and the Second, too.

There is an interview with Steyn on Milt Rosenberg's program at www.WGNRadio.com, available here

http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=12...

Following is the description.

April 10, 2008
NEW: This night, we welcomed one of our favorite guests and political commentators, Mark Steyn. We talked with Steyn for the full 2 hours about the latest in the Presidential campaigns, his take on the Jeremiah Wright scandal, and the release of his book America Alone into paperback. We also talk about the problem that Steyn has run into with our neighbors to the north and their Human Rights Commission, and how Steyn’s book has the potential to be banned in Canada. (4/10/08)

between China and Canada.

Let's see. They both have tribunals to impose the government's view of thought on the populace. They both have socialized healthcare.

Oh here's a difference. China doesn't depend on the US to protect it.

But Canada has better hockey!

In the "sordid drama continues" link, a responder quotes something called "the Silent Majority." No matter who wrote it, it's worth repeating.

We are told again and again by ‘experts’ and ‘talking heads’ that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace.

Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.

It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals.

The hard quantifiable fact is that the ‘peaceful majority’ the ’silent majority’ is cowed and extraneous.

We don't necessarily want to become fanatics ourselves, but we do need to be realistic about what we're fighting. They are dedicated. They are organized. And they will fight us on every front they can open, because they've seen our propensity to get bored with extended, continuous, and widespread confrontation. (The Clintons were well aware of this phenomenon, too.)

If you don't believe me, just think about the illegal immigration problem for a few minutes. The problem has existed for many years, without abatement, and it affects every citizen in some way every day. The facts are clear, yet our politicians seem to be intent upon ignoring them, and the public seems to lose interest unless they're forced to confront those facts.

It's people like Mark Steyn who are doing that forcing. Too bad for Canada that they're excluding gadflies in favor of tsetse (sleeping sickness) flies.

Democrats: Abandoning Allies, One Country at a Time.

It's the public confrontation link above. It is quite interesting.

I did think the three Muslim law students had valid points regarding equal time in the Maclean magazine as a matter of journalistic practice though NOT as a legal mandate. Clearly, "hate speech" prohibitions are ridiculously bad.

The question I have is: what is the punishment for "promoting hate" in Canada?

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